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Since I had been improvising and playing on my own, I had no patience with trying to play from music.

From Scientific American • Dec. 10, 2013

Persistence Rewarded That power may have helped when Dr. Lander approached the presidents of Harvard and M.I.T. and proposed creating a permanent institute to continue the collaborative process that groups of scientists had been improvising.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2012

Nothing in the world could have pleased the hospitable country women more than the parties that Doctor Tom had been improvising for the amusement of the singer girl.

From The Road to Providence by Daviess, Maria Thompson

We asked if he had been improvising, or if what he played was already printed.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James